You're only focusing on one side of the argument. Less young people means a small amount of young people paying for lots of older people, which is a large fina

You're only focusing on one side of the argument. Less young people means a small amount of young people paying for lots of older people, which is a large financial burden on the people able to work. (as well as many other factors) Also, GDP per capita is only used to measure money. There are many other factors that people might find important like happiness rankings, which to me happiness can be much more important than money. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness